Beliefs and Teachings Judaism Quotes

god as one

hear, o israel! the lord our god, the lord alone. you shall love the lord your god with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might

jewish beliefs about creation

when god began to create heaven and earth...

the nature of god: god as creator

i am the lord and there is none else, i form light and create darkness, i make weal and create woe - i am the lord do all these things

the divine presence (shekinah)

in the year that king uzziah died, i beheld my lord seated on a high and lofty throne; and the skirts of his robe filled the temple. seraphs stood in attendance on him

jewish customs surrounding death

blessed are you, lord our god, king of the universe, the true judge

the nature and role of the messiah

samuel took a flask of oil and poured some on saul's head and kissed him, and said 'the lord herewith anoints you ruler over his own people

the nature and role of the messiah

the spirit of the lord will grip you, and you will speak in ecstasy along with them; you will become another man. and once these sign have happened to you, act when the occasion arises, for god is with you

the nature and role of the messiah

and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. nations shall not take up, sword against nation: they shall never again know war

the promised land and the covenant with abraham

the lord said to abram (abraham), 'go forth from your native land and from your father's house to the land that i will show you. i will make of you a great nation, and i will bless you; i will make your name great, and you shall be a blessing. i will bless those who bless you, and curse him that curses you; and all the families of the earth, shall bless themselves by you'

the promised land and the covenant with abraham

for you are a people consecrated to the lord your god: of all the peoples on earth the lord your god chose you to be his treasured people

the covenant at sinai and the ten commandments

i the lord am your god who brought you out of the land of egypt, the house of bondage.

the ten commandments

you shall have no other gods beside me. you shall not make for yourself a sculptured image or any likeness of what is in the heavens above, or on the earth below, or in the waters under the earth. you shall not bow down to them or serve them..

the ten commandments

you shall not falsely swear by the name of the lord your god; for the lord will not clear one who swears falsely by his name

the ten commandments

remember the sabbath day and keep it holy. six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a sabbath of the lord your god... for in six days the lord made heaven and earth and sea, and all that is in them, and he rested on the seventh day; therefore the lord blessed the sabbath day and hallowed it

the ten commandments

honor your father and mother, that you may long endure on the land that the lord your god is assigning to you

the ten commandments

you shall not murder. you shall not commit adultery. you shall not steal. you shall not bear false witness against your neighbor

the ten commandments

you shall not covet your neighbor's house: you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his male or female slave, or his ox or his ass, or anything that is your neighbor's

key moral principles in judaism: justice

but let justice well up like water, righteousness like an unfailing stream

key moral principles in judaism: kindness to others

you shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against your countrymen. love your fellow as yourself.
the stranger who resides with you shall be to you as one of your citizens; you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of egypt

sanctity of life

he who destroys one soul of a human being, the scripture considers him as if he should destroy a whole world, and him who saves one soul of israel, the scripture considers him as if he should save a whole world

saving a life (pikuach nefesh)

do not profit by the blood of your fellow